Japanese scientists unveil a material that dissolves in hours in contact with salt, leaving no trace behind.

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The new plastic, also biodegradable in soil over time, may prove useful in packaging and single-use products that often end up in natural environments.

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Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

A team of Japanese researchers has successfully developed a new type of plastic that is strong, transparent and, above all, completely biodegradable, capable of dissolving in seawater in just a few ...

The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground.

Since salt is also found in soil, two inches of this material should fully break down after 200 hours underground. Reuters notes that the material is non-toxic to humans, fire-resistant, and does ...

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